Wide jalousie end clip



May 18, 1965 P. J. SPICER ,1

' WIDE JALOUSIE END CLIP Filed July 18, 1963 O i 2 7 l6 I w 6 INVENTOR.

O 9 PAUL. J. SPICER United States Patent 3,183,561 WIDE JALOUSIE END CLIP Paul J. Spicer, 729 NW. 7th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Filed July 18, 1963, Ser. No. 295,896 2 Claims. (Cl. 2062) This invention relates to window devices and particularly to the type of window commonly known in the art as jalousie windows and wherein a plurality of elongated glass panels are supported at their ends to swing in a horizontally pivoted manner to overlying relation to adjacent panels and wherein the several panels all function simultaneously through conventional winding mechanism.

The invention has in mind the end clips for the support of the opposite ends of each panel and with the clips being formed in a relatively long manner to establish what would be recognized as a wide jalousie and wherein the wide jalousie requires relatively few panels as compared with the narrow jalousie wherein a multiplicity of narrow jalousies are employed to form a window opening while the wide jalousie requires relatively few panels, giving greater ventilation and requiring rela tively few end clips as compared with the narrow jalousie.

The invention further has in mind a wide jalousie clip of channel form for the reception of the marginal ends of the glass jalousie panels and with the clip having an inner side wall that is lanced to form a plurality of yieldable tongues that bear against the inner side of the glass panels when the glass panels are inserted into the end clips and whereby to effectively maintain the glass panels in supported position in the clips and to prevent rattling thereof.

Novel features of construction and operation of the device will be more clearly apparent during the course of the following description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings wherein has been illustrated a preferred form of the device and wherein like characters of reference are employed to denote like parts throughout the several figures.

Referring specifically to the drawings:

FIGURE 1 is an inner face view of a jalousie clip constructed in accordance with the invention,

FIGURE 2 is a perspective view thereof,

FIGURE 3 is a bottom plan view thereof,

FIGURE 4 is a transverse section taken substantially on line 44 of FIGURE 1, and

FIGURE 5 is an inner side elevational view of the clip showing the same in clamping engagement with a jalousie glass panel.

Referring specifically to the drawings, there has been provided a stamped sheet metal jalousie clip indicated as a whole by the numeral 5. The clip 5 is of channel formation, embodying a back Wall 6, an outer right angular wall 7 and an inner right angular wall 3 and with the walls 7 and 8 being in spaced apart parallel relation forming a channel 9.

Extending from the inner wall 8 adjacent the top of the clip, is a hinge arm 10 that is an extension of the back wall 6. The arm 10 is perforated at If for the passage of a pivot stud 12, whereby the clip is pivotally supported upon the frame member 13 of a conventional jalousie frame member. The arm 10 is further extended and perforated at 14 for pivotal engagement at 15 with an operator bar 16 that is connected to the several jalousie clips and whereby the several clips are movable in unison for swinging the jalousie glass panels, indicated at 17 in FIGURE 5.

The wall 8 of the clip 5 is lanced at spaced apart points 18 to form yieldable tongues 19. The yieldable tongues 19 are adapted to yieldably engage the inner sides of the jalousie glass panels 17 and With the jalousie glasses being shit-table into the channel 9 at assembly and the "ice tongues 19 bias the glass panels 17 against the inner side of the wall 7. The wall 8 terminates in a slightly twisted end portion 20 that also has yieldable engagement with the inner side of the panel 7. The wall 7 terminates in a right angle lip 21 constituting a limit stop for the glass 17 into the channel 9. The back wall 6 of the channel is also stamped to form a yieldable slightly forwardly inclined tongue 22 that terminates in a stop 23.

In the use of the device, the several clips 5, obviously being formed in right and left hand structures, are pivotally connected to the frame 13 of the window by the pivots 12. The operator bars 16 are also connected to the arms 16 by the pivots 15. Movement of the operator bars shifts all of the jalousie clips simultaneously to and from an overlapped relation with respect to each other. With the clips and operator bars in assembled relation with respect to the window frame 13, the glass panels 17 are connected to the clips 5 by forcing their lower marginal edges downwardly into the channel 9 by forcing the tongue 22 inwardly to permit the glass to be shifted downwardly to rest upon the stop tongue 21, each movement downwardly also shifting the tongue 1? inwardly and, when the glass has engaged the tongue 21, the upper tongue 22 and its stop 23 will overlie the top marginal edge of the glass and the tongue 19 will force the glass into snug engagement with the forward wall 7 of the clip thus, when the bars 16 are operated by any suitable winding mechanism common to devices of this nature, the clips will be pivotally moved upon the studs 12, simultaneously moving the glass panels in an arcuate swinging movement toward and from each other. The operator bars may be arranged at either end of the Window device or, the operator bars may be at one end only for connection with one group of clips and with the other clips being movable by torque action through the glass panel 17.

It should here be specifically pointed out, that the tongues 19 are lanced from the wall 8 and the tongues are relatively long and the lancing of the tongues presents greater holding power against the glass panel, since the lancing causes the tongues 19 to rub or otherwise have a braking action against the metal at the points 18 where they have been severed from the wall 8 thus, the tongues, while being flexibly biased toward the panel and jalousie clips heretofore presented upon the market are usually stamped or pressed from the wall of the clip, leaving a rather wide gap between the tongue and the metal from which it is cut, creating a holding power with respect to the glass jalousie that is no greater than the ability of the tongues to bear against the glass. In certain cases, other wide jalou-sie clips have found it necessary to coat the edge of the glass with glue where it engages the front Wall 7 to prevent the clip from springing away from the glass when the window is opened.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that there has been provided a very novel clip for wide jalousies that is stamped from a single section of metal and that will effectively maintain the ends of the glass panels in snug engagement within the channel and the clip, the multiple tongues 19 formed by lancing the wall 8 function to more securely retain the glass panel in the channel of the clip and to maintain the same against rattling or movement within the channel. The device is cheap to manufacture, is strong, durable and most effective for the purposes indicated.

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise construction shown, but that changes are contemplated as readily fall within the spirit of the invention as shall be determined by the scope of the subjoined claims.

I claim:

1. A jalousie window device of the character wherein 3 a plurality of relatively wide glass panels are mounted in a window frame in a horizontally pivoted manner to swing in a horizontal arcuate path to and from an overlapping engagement, end clips for engagement with the ends ofthe panels, the end clips being formed in right and left hand shapes, each of the clips being stamped to form an elongated metallic body of U-shape transversely, theclips having a flat base wall that is bent at a right angle to form an outer flange and also bent to a right angle to form a spaced inner flange, the outer flange at its lower end being bent inwardly to form a lower stop for a glass panel, the flat base adjacent its upper end terminating in a forwardly inclined yieldable tongue having a forwardly extending lip portion that engages the top marginal edge of the panel when the panel is seated upon the stop, the base adjacent its upper portion being extended to form an arcuate crank arm that is parallel to. and in the same plane as the base, the crank arm being pivotally connected to a fixed frame member of thawindow and pivotally connected to an operator bar, the inner flange having a plurality of L-shaped cuts forming a plurality of free ended tongues spaced from eachother and spaced from opposite ends of said innerflange and being yieldable and biased toward the inner side of the glass panel for direct contact therewith when the panel is inserted between the flanges, the terminal end of the innerrflange' being transversely twisted whereby the glass panel is forced to lie against the forward flange, the tongues formed from the inner flange creating a rubbing action of the tongues upon the adjacent metal from which the tongues have been cut and whereby to additionally retard the flexing of the tongues when the glass panel is disposed within the channel. 7

2. The structure according to claim 1, wherein the end clips are integrallystamped and with the tongues being angled inwardly toward the forward flange and vwhereby the glass panel will slide between the forward flange and the tongues to bias the glass panel toward the forward flanges for. its full width.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,635,306 4/53 Zankl 2062 2,737,694 3/56 Silvers 2062 2,902,731 9/59 SConZo 20-62 HARRISON R. MOSELEY, Primary. Examiner.

CHARLES E. OCONNELL, Examiner. 

1. A JALOUSIE WINDOW DEVICE OF THE CHARACTER WHEREIN A PLURALITY OF RELATIVELY WIDE GLASS PANELS ARE MOUNTED IN A WINDOW FRAME IN A HORIZONTALLY PIVOTED MANNER TO SWING IN A HORIZONTAL ARCUATE PATH TO AND FROM AN OVERLAPPING ENGAGEMENT, END CLIPS BEING FORMED IN RIGHT ENDS OF THE PANELS, THE END CLIPS BEING FORMED IN RIGHT AND LEFT HAND SHAPES, EACH OF THE CLIPS BEING STAMPED TO FORM AN ELONGATED METALLIC BODY OF U-SHAPED TRANSVERSELY, THE CLIPS HAVING A FLAT BASE WALL THAT IS BENT AT A RIGHT ANGLE TO FORM AN OUTER FLANGE AND ALSO BENT TO A RIGHT ANGLE TO FORM A SPACED INNER FLANGE, THE OUTER FLANGE AT ITS LOWER END BEING BENT INWARDLY TO FORM A LOWER STOP FOR A GLASS PANEL, THE FLAT BASE ADJACENT ITS UPPER END TERMINATING IN A FORWARDLY INCLINED YIELDABLE TONGUE HAVING A FORWARDLY EXTENDING LIP PORTION THAT ENGAGES THE TOP MARGINAL EDGE OF THE PANEL WHEN THE PANEL IS SEATED UPON THE STOP, THE BASE ADJACENT ITS UPPER PORTION BEING EXTENDED TO FORM AN ARCUATE CRANK ARM THAT IS PARALLEL TO AND IN THE SAME PLANE AS THE BASE, THE CRANK ARM BEING PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO A FIXED FRAME MEMBER OF THE WINDOW AND PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO AN OPERATOR BAR, THE INNER FLANGE HAVING A PLURALITY OF L-SHAPED CUTS FORMING A PLURALITY OF FREE ENDED TONGUES SPACED FROM EACH OTHER AND SPACED FROM OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID INNER FLANGES AND 